Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

[Andi Kleen]

Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> It makes the userspace boot process much simpler and easier to maintain,
> as well as providing a way to handle rescue disks and images trivially,
> and it makes the kernel _less_ dependant on the early userspace bootup
> scripts.

As a initrd less kernel user I can really only agree: getting rid
of the udev-in-initrd requirement would be a big step forward
in usability. Typically I always have to pre populate 
a on disk /dev manually first to get my kernels to boot.

> And then there's the great reason Kay previously stated, "if sysfs has
> all the names, numbers, and device properties, why would we need complex
> userspace to have the nodes?"

Exactly.

-Andi
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